In Kakadu, our focus is on research that addresses threats such as fire, weeds and feral cats, both across the landscape and in riparian and floodplain areas. We are also working closely with the Park’s Traditional Owners to identify and undertake action-research partnerships. A new suite of three projects is working to ensure the world-class rehabilitation of the Ranger Uranium Mine site. Other Hub research across northern Australia, on topics such as Indigenous land management, environmental monitoring techniques, fire and carbon, is also generating information to support the management of environmental resources in Kakadu. Our Kakadu-focused research projects are listed below.
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The first Indigenous-led Research Strategy for Kakadu National Park has been released, to protect the unique World Heritage listed property […]
The 32nd International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB 2025) hosted by the Society for Conservation Biology Oceania Region, takes place in Meanjin […]
Resilient Landscapes Hub newsletter (July 2024) The hub has now launched 13 new research projects for 2024. These projects have […]
The Resilient Landscapes Hub has launched 13 new research projects supporting conservation, threatened species and threatened ecological communities. We are […]
A First Nations-led project focusing on drone use guided by Traditional Owners in Kakadu National Park has developed protocols for […]
Final Northern Australia update – November 2021. Welcome to the last e-newsletter from the Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub. The […]
Monitoring animals – where they occur, how many there are and what species – provides essential information for evaluating and reporting the health of an ecosystem. Monitoring also plays […]
The Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub addressed key research questions to come up with practical, on-ground solutions to some of […]
The NESP Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub has had impact across four broad themes: The importance of rivers and their […]
Northern Australia December 2020 update. We’re in the final months of the NESP Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub and we […]
Authors: Dr Viki Cramer, Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub, and Dr Cathy Robinson (project leader), CSIRO Something for our […]
The University of Western Australia (UWA) will host a new Australian research hub to provide national leadership in threatened species […]
Northern Australia December 2020 update. We are delighted to share the news that the user-driven approach to research that has […]
Ants and other animals key to tracking rehabilitation Studying ants and other animals is helping scientists in Australia’s north to […]
We’re honoured to have two finalists in the Best Collaboration in NRM category in the 2020 Territory NRM Awards. The […]
For NAIDOC Week 2020, we highlighted some of our important collaborative research with Indigenous people across northern Australia. You can […]
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Indigenous-led science to co-manage Kakadu named as Eureka finalist An Indigenous-led science project solving complex environmental management problems in […]
Our Hub research is user-driven. We want our research to be useful and delivered to decision-makers and land managers, so […]
Melding science, Indigenous knowledge and technology in pioneering program [See original media release and more images at AI […]
Only a few decades ago, encountering a bandicoot or quoll around your campsite in the evening was a common and […]
How sensitive are riparian trees to contaminated mine water? Associate Professor Sam Setterfield (UWA) and Adam Bourke (CDU) in the […]
Northern Australia March 2020 update. Read about the Hub’s coronavirus pandemic response in our latest eNews, as well as our […]
Hub researchers recently met for a workshop with NT Government policy-makers and regulators to share relevant research and solicit feedback […]
This new video from our project working in Kakadu with Bininj/Mungguy shares experiences of how technology can help monitor healthy […]
The rehabilitation of Ranger uranium mine aims to see the site eventually incorporated into the surrounding World-Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park. […]
A new approach to setting benchmarks for the return of fauna will allow rehabilitation managers to better assess the success […]
A new Hub project led by Graeme Gillespie from the NT’s Department of Environment, Parks & Water Security is trialling […]
Together, Traditional Owners and researchers have identified indicators that they can use to monitor and evaluate the health of country […]
Riparian, or riverbank, vegetation in the Top End depends on groundwater to sustain it during the dry season. Weathering of waste rock […]
Collaborative research between the Northern Territory Government, the Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub, the Threatened Species Recovery Hub and Parks Australia […]
The NT’s Ranger uranium mine is set to cease operations in 2021 and by 2026, be rehabilitated to a state […]
Effective rehabilitation is a major challenge for the many active and legacy mines across northern Australia, with best practice mine […]
With a fearsome reputation as a ‘hypercarnivorous apex predator’, you would expect estuarine crocodiles (or ‘salties’ as we call them […]
Small and medium-sized native mammals have suffered severe declines across much of northern Australia, including within protected areas such as […]
What better time to celebrate World Wetlands Day than after the Top End’s wettest January since 1904? The Northern Hub […]
